2024 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the women's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia, organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.[1] It was held from 7 to 15 December 2024 at the Hockey Oman Stadium in Muscat, Oman.[2]

2024 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryOman
CityMuscat
Dates7–15 December
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
VenueHockey Oman Stadium
Final positions
Champions India (2nd title)
Runner-up China
Third place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored206 (7.1 per match)
Top scorerIndia Deepika Sehrawat (12 goals)
2023 (previous) (next) 2026

India were the defending champions. They defended their title and won their second title by defeating China 3–2 in a shoot-out after the final finished 1–1 in regular time.[3] South Korea won the bronze medal by defeating Japan 3–2 in a shoot-out after the third place match also finished 1–1 in regular time.

The tournament served as the Asian qualifier for the 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, with the five highest-ranked teams qualifying.[4] India, China, South Korea, Japan and Malaysia secured the five qualifying spots.[5][6]

Qualification

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The five highest-ranked teams from the 2023 Junior Asia Cup qualified directly for this edition. The other teams participated in the 2024 Women's Junior AHF Cup, where the top five qualified for the 2024 Junior Asia Cup.[7]

Qualified teams

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The following ten teams participated in the 2024 Junior Asia Cup.[8]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
3–11 June 2023 2023 Junior Asia Cup Kakamigahara, Japan 5  China
 India
 Japan
 Malaysia
 South Korea
15–23 June 2024 2024 Junior AHF Cup Singapore 5  Bangladesh
 Chinese Taipei
 Hong Kong
 Sri Lanka
 Thailand
Total 10

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+4).

Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 4 0 0 33 1 +32 12 Semi-finals and
2025 Junior World Cup
2  India 4 3 0 1 28 3 +25 9
3  Malaysia 4 2 0 2 9 10 1 6
4  Thailand 4 1 0 3 2 21 19 3
5  Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 3 40 37 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]





Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 38 0 +38 12 Semi-finals and
2025 Junior World Cup
2  South Korea 4 3 0 1 29 6 +23 9
3  Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 2 14 13 +1 6
4  Hong Kong 4 1 0 3 2 32 30 3
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 0 4 0 32 32 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]





Classification round

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Ninth and tenth place

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Fifth to eighth place classification

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Bracket

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5–8 placeFifth place
 
      
 
14 December
 
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
15 December
 
 Thailand2
 
 Thailand0
 
14 December
 
 Malaysia6
 
 Malaysia11
 
 
 Hong Kong0
 
Seventh place
 
 
15 December
 
 
 Chinese Taipei6
 
 
 Hong Kong1

5–8th place semi-finals

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Seventh and eighth place

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Fifth and sixth place

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First to fourth place classification

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 December
 
 
 Japan1
 
15 December
 
 India3
 
 India (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
14 December
 
 China1 (2)
 
 China4
 
 
 South Korea1
 
Third place
 
 
15 December
 
 
 Japan1 (2)
 
 
 South Korea (p.s.o.)1 (3)

Semi–finals

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Third and fourth place

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Final

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Statistics

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Final standings

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Pos Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India 2025 Junior World Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea
4  Japan
5  Malaysia
6  Thailand
7  Chinese Taipei
8  Hong Kong
9  Bangladesh
10  Sri Lanka
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

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There were 206 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 7.1 goals per match.

12 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

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References

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